ETC Group names CommScope’s Alper Turken, also former Motorola and Arris, deputy CEO ... Western Union moves Matthew Cagwin to chief financial officer from interim CFO ... Mobile device security platform Zimperium names Bugcrowd’s Sammie Walker chief marketing officer ... Digital identity verification company Prove Identity names Relativity’s Amanda Fennell chief information security officer and chief information officer.
Nokia promotes Esa Niinimaki to chief legal officer … Ericsson advances Jenny Lindqvist to senior vice president-head, market area Europe and Latin America, effective Feb. 1 … Extreme Networks names Cristina Tate, senior vice president-financial planning and analysis, interim CFO; current CFO Remi Thomas resigns, effective Feb. 16, to join a privately held software company ... Forescout Technologies, cybersecurity and compliance company, names Barry Mainz, ex-MobileIron and Wind River Systems, CEO.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) appoints Doyle Webb, former state Republican Party chair, as Arkansas Public Service Commission chair, for term expiring Jan. 14, 2029; he replaces Katie Anderson, continuing as commissioner … National Religious Broadcasters names Michael Farris, from the Alliance Defending Freedom, general counsel … Twilio promotes Adam Jorde to head-government affairs, managing congressional relationships and leading congressional advocacy.
Hogan Lovells adds Karl Racine, former Washington, D.C., attorney general, as litigation partner … FTC Office of Policy Planning Director Elizabeth Wilkins becomes agency’s acting chief of staff; Jen Howard, former chief of staff, joins Transportation Department as chief compliance officer … Extenet names Scott Pomykalski, ex-Nokia, chief revenue officer.
Netflix founder-co-CEO Reed Hastings announces he’s now executive chairman, with Greg Peters advancing to join Ted Sarandos as co-CEO; Bela Bajaria rises to chief content officer and Scott Stuber to Netflix Film chairman.
Social media management platform Hootsuite hires CareerBuilder’s Irina Novoselsky as CEO, succeeding Tom Keiser, departed ... Logically, a managed IT and security service provider, promotes Joshua Skeens to CEO, succeeding Michelle Accardi.
Evan Morris is now FCC Media Bureau associate bureau chief, from legal adviser.
CTIA promotes Kathryn Dall’Asta to vice president-deputy general counsel, Sarah Leggin to assistant vice president-regulatory affairs, and Jilane Petrie to assistant vice president-public affairs … Kansas Corporation Commission elects Commissioner Susan Duffy chair … Nebraska Public Service Commission elects Tim Schram (R) vice chair.
FCC Chief of Staff-Office of Legislative Affairs Lori Maarbjerg and Legal Adviser-Media Bureau Evan Morris advance, respectively, to Media Bureau deputy bureau chief and associate bureau chief … Copyright Office promotes Andrew Foglia to deputy director-policy and international affairs … Wilkinson Barker announces Jeffrey Gee, from the FCC Enforcement Bureau, as partner-telecom and media.
The Brattle Group announces promotions, including of Paroma Sanyal, co-leader for telecommunications, media and entertainment … Jegi Clarity M&A, advisory firm for global media, marketing, information and technology industries, promotes Rich Kanefsky to managing director … Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission moves acting Director-Legislative Affairs JJ Livingston to permanent post.